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Instituted, January 1, 1858. 



PHILADELPHIA: 

MERBIHEW & THOMPSON, PRINTERS, 
Lodge street, North side of Pennsylvania Bank. 

1858. 






FOUNDERS OF THE SOCIETY, 



ARTHUR G. COFFIN, 
JOSEPH J. MICKLEY, 
WILLIAM. S. VAUX, 
JOHN BOHLEN, 
MARK W. COLLET, M. D., 
J. LEDYARD HODGE, 
SAMUEL H. FULTON, 
MONTGOMERY L. FREDERICK, 
ALFRED B. TAYLOR. 



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CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. 

This Society shall be called " The Numismatic Society 
of Philadelphia." Its object shall be to encourage and 
promote Numismatic Science. 

ARTICLE II. 

The Society shall consist of Resident members, Cor- 
responding members, and Honorary members. 

ARTICLE III. 

The Officers of the Society shall be a President, one or 
more Yice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, a Corres- 
ponding Secretary, a Treasurer, a Curator and a Librarian, 
all of whom shall be elected annually, at the stated meeting 
in December. 

ARTICLE IY. 

The Society shall have a Common Seal. 

ARTICLE Y. 

The right of voting, of holding offices, and of transacting 
business, lies solely with the Resident members. Honorary 
and Corresponding members shall have all other privileges 
of Resident members. 



AKTICLE VI. 

The Society may establish such By-Laws for its govern- 
ment and regulation, as may be deemed necessary and 
proper. 

AETICLE VIL 

No change shall be made in this Constitution unless by a 
vote of three-fourths of the members present at a stated 
meeting, notice of such proposed change having been 
submitted in writing at a previous stated meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 



CHAPTER I. 

OF OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 

Art. I. — The President shall occupy the Chair at the 
meetings of the Society, enforce the laws, preserve order, 
regulate the debates, and nominate all committees, other 
than those specially excepted. He shall give the casting 
vote when necessary. 

Art. II. — In the absence of the President, a Vice- 
President, or in the absence of all, a President pro tempore, 
shall occupy the Chair, and perform the duties of the 
President. 

Art. III. — The Recording Secretary shall take and pre- 
serve correct minutes of the proceedings of the Society ; 
preserve all documents belonging thereto, that may come 
into his possession"; notify all members of their election, as 
well as all Committees of their appointment, and keep a cor- 
rect list of the members of the Society, with the date of 
their election, resignation and death. 

Art. IY. — The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct 
and preserve the correspondence of the Society, and ac- 
knowledge all donations by letter. He shall keep correct 
copies of all letters written on the business of the Society, 
aud shall read a minute of his transactions at each stated 
meeting, 



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Art. IV. — The Treasurer shall receive and take charge 
of the funds of the Society, and attend to the collection and 
payment of monies. But no payments shall be made by him 
except on an order from the President, countersigned by 
the Recording Secretary. He shall keep a clear and de- 
tailed statement of all receipts and expenditures, to be laid 
before the Society annually, at its stated meeting in Decem- 
ber. He "shall take charge of the Common Seal of the 
Society, and also of the certificates of membership, and have 
them filled up, signed, sealed and forwarded to members. 

Art. YI. — The Curator shall take charge of the Cabinet, 
together with all specimens that may by donation or other- 
wise, come into the possession of the Society; and shall 
report on the condition of the Cabinet annually at the 
stated meeting in December. 

Art. YII. — The Librarian shall take charge of all books 
belonging to the Society, and shall report on the condi- 
tion of the same, annually at the stated meeting in De- 
cember. 

CHAPTER II. 

OF MEMBERS. 

Art. 1. — Any candidate for membership must be pro- 
posed in writing by two members, at one stated meeting, 
and may be balloted for at the next stated meeting of 
the Society, when two negative votes shall defeat his 
election. 

Art. II.— No person residing in Philadelphia can be 
chosen a Corresponding member; nor shall any Corres- 
ponding member continue such after he shall have re- 
moved permanently to Philadelphia. In such case a re- 
election is not necessary, but the Coresponding member 



becomes liable for the annual contribution. He shall also 
sign the obligation as a Resident member, and be entitled 
to all the privileges of a member. 

Art. III. — No Resident member shall be entitled to the 
privileges of membership until he shall have paid the initia- 
tion fee, and signed the following obligation : 

In becoming a member of the Numismatic Society of Phil- 
adelphia, I promise to conform to its Constitution, laws and 
regulations, and in testimony thereof I do hereunto subscribe 
my name. 

Art. IV. — If any member elect shall not comply with the 
requirements of the preceding article (No. III.) within six 
months from the date of his election into the Society, such 
election shall be void. 

Art. V. — The Society shall grant to each member a cer- 
tificate of membership. 

Art. VI. — If any person shall be balloted for and re- 
jected, or his name shall be withdrawn previous to the ballot, 
no note of said rejection or withdrawal shall be made on the 
minutes of the Society. 

Art. VII. — No person thus rejected shall again be pro- 
posed before the expiration of a year, nor shall any one 
whose name has been withdrawn previous to the ballot be 
again proposed before the expiration of six months from said 
withdrawal. 

Art. VIII. — All such persons as shall in the opinion of 
the Society merit that distinction, may on the recommenda- 
tion of three members be proposed in writing as candidates 
for honorary membership at one stated meeting, and be bal- 
loted for at the next stated meeting, when a unanimous vote 
shall be necessary to an election. 



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CHAPTER III, 

OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS. 

Art. I. — Every resident member elect shall pay to the 
Treasurer an Initiation Fee of five dollars. 

Art. II. — Every resident member shall pay annually to the 
Treasurer a contribution of three dollars, if paid before the 
first day of February of each year, or three dollars and a half 
when not so paid. Any members elected during the 
year shall pay at the rate of thirty cents for each month 
until the 1st of January next succeeding their election. 
[Resident members removing permanently from the city shall 
become Corresponding members, and shall be relieved from 
further annual contributions to the Society. 

Art. III. — Any member may become a life member of the 
Society, by a contribution of thirty-five dollars, which pay- 
ment shall exonerate him from all further pecuniary contribu- 
tions to the Society. 

Art. IY. — No member shall be entitled to vote at the 
annual election for officers, unless he can exhibit to the tellers 
a receipt in full for all arrearages due by him to the Society. 

Art. "V. — No pecuniary contributions shall be required 
from Corresponding members, but Corresponding members 
residing in the United States, sMall be'charged with a Diplo- 
ma Fee of five dollars. 

Art. YI. — Any donation to the Society shall have the 
name of the donor attached to it, which shall be registered 
in the catalogues. 

CHAPTER IY. 

OF RESIGNATIONS AND EXPULSIONS. 

Art. I. — Any member shall have leave to resign upon 
application in writing, provided he can produce a certificate 



from the Treasurer that all arrearages due from him to the 
Society have been discharged. 

Art. II. — A member may be expelled from the Society 
for sufficient cause, by a vote of three-fourths of the members 
at a stated meeting, notice of the intention of the Society to 
consider the subject of expulsion of a member having been 
given at a previous stated meeting. 

Art. III. — No member shall be expelled without having 
an opportunity of being heard in his own defence, and any 
member thus expelled, shall under no circumstances be re- 
ceived as a candidate for re-election. 

CHAPTER V. 

OF LIBRARY. 

Art. I. — The Librarian shall make out two copies of a 
catalogue of all books belonging to the Society ; adding 
thereto the title in full of each book as received. 

When books are presented to the Society, the name of the 
Donor shall be inserted in the catalogues together with the 
date of the gift. 

Art. II. — One of the catalogues so made out shall be 
open to the inspection of members, and the other shall be 
placed in the archives of the Society. 

Art. III. — Members of the Society alone shall have ac- 
cess to the Library, and no work shall be loaned from the 
room on any account whatever, unless by an affirmative vote 
of three-fourths of the members present at the stated meet- 
ing when an application is made. 

Art. I Y .-— The Librarian shall be responsible for all works 
committed to his charge. 



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CHAPTER VI. 

OF CABINET. 

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Art. I. — The Curator shall make out two copies of a 
catalogue of all specimens belonging to the Society adding 
thereto a description of each specimen as received. When 
specimens are presented to the Society, the name of the 
Donor shall be inserted in the catalogues along with the date 
of the gift. 

Art. II. — One of the catalogues so made out shall be open 
to the inspection of members, and the other shall be placed 
in the archives of the Society. 

Art. III. — No specimen belonging to the Society shall 
be loaned from the room under any pretence, or for any pur- 
pose whatever, and no moulds or models of specimens shall 
be taken without the consent of the Society. 

Art. IV. — The Curator alone shall have liberty to open 
the cabinet and shall be responsible for all articles committed 
to his charge. 

Art. V. — All specimens in the cabinet must be properly 
labelled by the Curator, as far as practicable. 

CHAPTER VII. 

OF MEETINGS. 

Art. I. — The stated meetings of the Society shall be held 
on the 1st Thursday evening of each month at hours fixed 
from time to time by the Society. 

Art. II.— Special meetings may be called by resolution 
of the Society, by public notice from the President, or at the 
request of three members in writing. 

Art. III. — At a Special meeting, after the minutes of the 
preceding meeting have been read, the meeting shall im- 



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mediately proceed to the consideration of the business for 
which it was specially convened, and no other business shall 
be brought before the Society at such special meeting. 

Art. I V.— The order of business at stated meetings shall 
be 

1. Members present, noted by the Secretary. 

2. Minutes of the last meeting read. 

3. Unfinished business. 

4. Donations received. 

5. Written communications. 

6. Yerbal communications. 

7. New business. 

8. Members elected. 

9. Rough minutes read and adopted. 
10. Adjournment. 

Art. V. — Five members shall constitute a quorum. 

CHAPTER VIII, 

MISCELLANEOUS, 

Art. I. — In all such points of order as are not noticed in 
these By-Laws, the Society is to be governed by the estab- 
lished usages in similar institutions. 

Art. II. — Every proposition to alter or amend these By- 
Laws shall be submitted in writing at one stated meeting, 
and may be balloted for at the next stated meeting, when, 
upon receiving the votes of two thirds of the members pre- 
sent, it shall become a part of the By-Laws. 

Art. III. — No one or more of these By-Laws shall be 
suspended. 



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